“Today terrorists have killed an outstanding Iranian scientist.

This is cowardice with strong indications of Israeli involvement, which speaks of the desperate belligerence of the criminals, ”Zarif wrote on Twitter.

He called for the international community, especially the EU, to condemn the incident.

According to Zarif, the West must stop using “shameful double standards”.

Earlier, the press service of the Iranian Ministry of Defense reported that a nuclear physicist, head of the research and innovation organization under the Ministry of Defense of the country Mohsen Fakhrizade was killed in the country as a result of a terrorist attack.